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 C/C++

Popular programming languages (C++ includes objects) that can be used to create server programs that run after compilation. C and C++ were not designed specifically for web programming, but they...

 CGI

Common Gateway Interface , A set of rules that describe how a Web Server communicates with another piece of software on the same machine, and how the other piece of software (the 'CGI program')...

 CPU Quota

The percentage of central processor unit time assigned to a user or a server.

 Cache

Pronounced cash, a special high-speed storage mechanism. It can be either a reserved section of main memory or an independent high-speed storage device.

 Certificate

Digital ID used for SSL transactions. It includes owner's public key, the name of the owner, the issuer, hostname, and the expiration date.Certificates are Issued by a Certificate Authority (such...

 Certificate Authority

A company trusted by a browser maker that issues digital certificates that are supposed to guarantee that the company is what it claims to be for use in encrypted digital transactions though SSL...

 Cisco

One of the leading manufacturers of network equipment. Cisco's primary business is in Internet working products, such as routers, bridges, and switches.

 Click through Rate

In web advertising, the click through rate is the number of clicks on an advertisement (such as a banner ad) is expressed as a percentage of the number of times that the page where the ad appears...

 Client

A software program that is used to contact and obtain data from a server software program on another computer, often across a great distance. Each client program is designed to work with one or...

 Client Server Architecture

A network architecture in which each computer or process on the network is either a client or a server. Servers are powerful computers dedicated to managing disk drives (file servers), printers...

 Co-Location

Network Operations Centers offer the ability for customers to place their webservers and other network equipment in their NOC which are connected via high speed fiber data lines to the backbone of...

 Cobalt RaQ

Server appliance made by Cobalt specifically for hosting companies. Newest RaQs are Linux-based and provide an easy-to-use interface. RaQs have no features that can't be had in a regular Linux box...

 Cold Fusion

Cold Fusion is a server-side scripting language developed by Allaire for web designers who wish to do advanced development and/or database interfacing. Cold Fusion supports MS Access, dBase,...

 Connectivity

A computer buzzword that refers to a program and/or device ability to link with other programs and/or devices.

 Contact Record

In the case of many registries, contact information for technical, billing and administrative purposes are maintained in their database.It is important to keep your contact records updated to...

 Control Panel

Control panel included in web hosting packages is an online web-based application that allows you to easily manage different aspects of your account. Most control panels will let you upload files,...

 Cookie

The most common meaning of 'Cookie' on the Internet refers to a piece of information sent by a Web Server to a Web Browser that the Browser software is expected to save and to send back to the...

 Custom Error Messages

Refers to the ability to create custom pages on a hosting account to replace default 404 and other error pages.

 Custom Log

A log file that contains information from Internet browsers accessing a Web site. Whenever a visitor accesses a Web site, information about the visitor and the nature of the visit is recorded in...

 Cyberspace

Term originated by author William Gibson in his novel Neuromancer the word Cyberspace is currently used to describe the whole range of information resources available through computer networks.

 cgi-bin

The most common name of a directory on a web server in which CGI programs are stored. The 'bin' part of 'cgi-bin' is a shorthand version of 'binary', because once upon a time, most programs were...

 cgi-bin Access

Ability for the customer to write custom programs to manipulate data on their Web site.